Effect of increasing levels of apparent metabolizable energy on laying hens in barn system

Autor: Eui-Chul Hong, Chan-Ho Kim, Hwan Ku Kang, Seong Bok Park, Jin Joo Jeon, Hyun Soo Kim, Ki-Tae Park, Sang-Ho Kim
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol 31, Iss 11, Pp 1766-1772 (2018)
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
ISSN: 1976-5517
1011-2367
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.17.0846
Popis: Objective This experiment was to investigate the effect of increasing levels of apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn) on the laying performance, egg quality, blood parameters, blood biochemistry, intestinal morphology, and apparent total tract digestibility (ATTD) of energy and nutrients in diets fed to laying hens. Methods A total of three-hundred twenty 33-week-old Hy-Line Brown laying hens (Gallus domesticus) were evenly assigned to four experimental diets of 2,750, 2,850, 2,950, and 3,050 kcal AMEn/kg in pens with floors covered with deep litter of rice hulls. There were four replicates of each treatment, each consisting of 20 birds in a pen. Results AMEn intake was increased (linear, p
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